{"id":29731,"date":"2020-05-06T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amcham.com.al\/covid-19-economic-news-06-05-2020\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:51:05","slug":"covid-19-lajmet-ekonomike-06-05-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amcham.com.al\/sq\/covid-19-lajmet-ekonomike-06-05-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Lajmet Ekonomike – 06.05.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Green, yellow and red codes, Businesses are\ndivided into three risk categories for COVID-19; List and rules that everyone\nshould follow \u2013 Monitor.al<\/em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An order from the Ministry of Health has categorized businesses, according to the levels of risk of spreading COVID-19 infection, into low-risk (green code), medium-risk (yellow code) and high-risk categories. (red code). For each of these categories, special protocols have been adopted for the fulfillment of hygienic-sanitary measures, social distancing and specific measures for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 induced infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nj\u00eb urdh\u00ebr i Ministris\u00eb s\u00eb Sh\u00ebndet\u00ebsis\u00eb ka kategorizuar bizneset, sipas\nniveleve t\u00eb riskut t\u00eb p\u00ebrhapjes s\u00eb infeksionit t\u00eb shkaktuar nga COVID-19, n\u00eb\nkategori me risk t\u00eb ul\u00ebt (kodi jeshil), me risk t\u00eb mes\u00ebm (kodi i verdh\u00eb) dhe me\nrisk t\u00eb lart\u00eb (kodi i kuq). P\u00ebr secil\u00ebn nga k\u00ebto kategori jan\u00eb miratuar\nprotokollet e posa\u00e7me p\u00ebr plot\u00ebsimin e masave higjieno-sanitare, distancimit\nsocial dhe masave specifike, p\u00ebr parandalimin e p\u00ebrhapjes s\u00eb infeksionit t\u00eb\nshkaktuar nga COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EC report: The Albanian government expects a\nloss of 540 million euros in revenue in the first 6 months; Strokes from tourism\nand neighbors \u2013 Monitor.al<\/em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report for the first\nquarter of 2020 for potential candidate countries, published by the European\nCommission<\/a>, reflects the\neffects that the Covid-19 explosion is having on regional economies. For\nAlbania, the report states that the country will feel the effects more due to\nhigh dependence on tourism and relations with neighbors, while adding that the\ngovernment expects a loss of 540 million euros in the first 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raporti i tremujorit t\u00eb\npar\u00eb 2020 p\u00ebr vendet potenciale kandidate, i publikuar nga Komisioni Europian<\/a> pasqyron efektet q\u00eb po sjell shp\u00ebrthimi i Covid-19 n\u00eb ekonomit\u00eb\nrajonale. P\u00ebr Shqip\u00ebrin\u00eb, raporti thekson se vendi do i ndiej\u00eb m\u00eb shum\u00eb pasojat\np\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb var\u00ebsis\u00eb s\u00eb lart\u00eb nga turizmi dhe nga marr\u00ebdh\u00ebniet me fqinj\u00ebt,\nnd\u00ebrsa shton se qeveria pret q\u00eb t\u00eb ket\u00eb humbje prej 540 milion\u00eb eurosh n\u00eb 6\nmujorin e par\u00eb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy deteriorates in Albania –\n“Freedom House”: The lowest level since 2013, local elections\naffected \u2013 Scan-tv.com<\/em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy in Albania has deteriorated, says Freedom House in its\nlatest report on democracy in transition countries<\/a>. In total there are 29 countries, mainly of Central and Eastern Europe\nas well as Central Asia, all countries emerging from protracted dictatorships.\nAlbania has seen a drop in Freedom House’s overall democracy index, hitting its\nlowest level since 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Demokracia n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri\n\u00ebsht\u00eb p\u00ebrkeq\u00ebsuar<\/a> thot\u00eb \u201cFreedom\nHouse\u201d n\u00eb raportin m\u00eb t\u00eb fundit p\u00ebr demokracin\u00eb n\u00eb vendet n\u00eb tranzicion. N\u00eb\ntotal jan\u00eb 29 shtete, kryesisht t\u00eb Europ\u00ebs qendrore dhe lindore si dhe t\u00eb Azis\u00eb\nqendrore, t\u00eb gjitha vende t\u00eb dala nga diktatura t\u00eb st\u00ebrgjatura. Shqip\u00ebria\nsh\u00ebnon r\u00ebnie n\u00eb indikatorin e p\u00ebrgjithsh\u00ebm t\u00eb \u201cFreedom House\u201d p\u00ebr demokracin\u00eb,\nduke prekur nivelin m\u00eb t\u00eb ul\u00ebt q\u00eb prej vitit 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiiw also cuts projections – Joins IMF and\nWB, Albanian economy to fall 5% this year \u2013 Scan-tv.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (Wiiw) is the\nthird institution after the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to project a 5% decline in\nthe Albanian economy<\/a> this year. It was\ninitially the IMF that made such a projection. The Vienna Institute for\nInternational Economic Studies has thus significantly reviewed the effect of\nglobal pandemics on the Albanian economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instituti i Vien\u00ebs p\u00ebr Studime Ekonomike Nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtare (Wiiw) \u00ebsht\u00eb i\ntreti institucion pas Fondit Monetar Nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtar dhe Bank\u00ebs Bot\u00ebrore q\u00eb projekton nj\u00eb r\u00ebnie t\u00eb\nekonomis\u00eb shqiptare n\u00eb mas\u00ebn 5% k\u00ebt\u00eb vit<\/a>. Fillimisht ishte FMN q\u00eb b\u00ebri nj\u00eb projeksion t\u00eb till\u00eb. Instituti i\nVien\u00ebs p\u00ebr Studime Ekonomike Nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtare ka rishikuar k\u00ebshtu ndjesh\u00ebm efektin\ne pandemis\u00eb globale n\u00eb ekonomin\u00eb shqiptare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade\/ Albanian vehicles passing through the\nstreets of Bulgaria will pay taxes \u2013 Monitor.al <\/em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All vehicles passing through Bulgarian territory will pay an additional\ntax. The Albanian Investment Development Agency announced this Wednesday that\nthe Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Tirana has communicated that the\napplication of a new road tax (toll) has started, from March 1, 2020, for the\nvehicles circulating in the sections. road of Bulgarian territory. This tax\nwill be paid by all involved, including Albanian vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T\u00eb gjith\u00eb automjetet q\u00eb kalojne n\u00eb territorin bullgar do t\u00eb paguajn\u00eb\nnj\u00eb taks\u00eb shtes\u00eb. Agjencia Shqiptare e Zhvilimit t\u00eb Investimeve b\u00ebri me dije\nk\u00ebt\u00eb t\u00eb m\u00ebrkur\u00eb se Ambasada e Republik\u00ebs s\u00eb Bullgaris\u00eb n\u00eb Tiran\u00eb, ka komunikuar\nse ka nisur aplikimi i nj\u00eb takse t\u00eb re rrugore(toll), q\u00eb nga data 1 mars 2020,\np\u00ebr mjetet q\u00eb qarkullojn\u00eb n\u00eb seksionet rrugore t\u00eb territorit bullgar. Kjo taks\u00eb\ndo paguhet nga t\u00eb gjith\u00eb p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb mjetet shqiptare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tourism\ndoes not benefit from the second package, Union: Unemployed and seasonal\nemployees are left without help, hotels have cut 70% of staff \u2013 Monitor.al<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the second financial package, which has been distributed since\nApril 21, the lowest number of beneficiaries is for employees in the tourism\nsector. From the updated data from the Taxes until May 5, the request for\nassistance of 40 thousand ALL was approved for 1,930 individuals. The\ngovernment expects 10,000 employees to benefit from 1,214 businesses in the\nsector. But so far only 19% of those expected to benefit have been granted\nsalary claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nga paketa e dyt\u00eb financiare e cila ka nisur t\u00eb shp\u00ebrndahet q\u00eb prej 21\nprillit numri m\u00eb i ul\u00ebt i p\u00ebrfituesve \u00ebsht\u00eb p\u00ebr punonj\u00ebsit n\u00eb sektorin e\nturizmit. Nga t\u00eb dh\u00ebnat e p\u00ebrdit\u00ebsuara nga Tatimet deri m\u00eb 5 maj, k\u00ebrkesa p\u00ebr\nndihm\u00eb 40 mij\u00eb lek\u00eb u aprovua p\u00ebr 1,930 individ\u00eb. Qeveria parashikon q\u00eb p\u00ebr\nk\u00ebt\u00eb sektor t\u00eb p\u00ebrfitojn\u00eb 10 mij\u00eb t\u00eb pun\u00ebsuar p\u00ebr 1,214 biznese. Por deri tani\nvet\u00ebm 19% e atyre q\u00eb parashikohet t\u00eb p\u00ebrfitojn\u00eb u \u00ebsht\u00eb miratuar k\u00ebrkesa p\u00ebr\npag\u00ebn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transparency in the extractive industry, the\ngovernment asks the WB to postpone the project until December \u2013 Monitor.al<\/em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transparency initiative in the extractive industry has been\nsupported for several years by a World Bank project that began with a grant of\n$ 400,000 and then continued with a second of $ 600,000 and the postponement of\nthe closing deadline in April 2020. But It seems that the problems of the\nbureaucracy related to the appointment of a new director at the head of the\nSecretariat of the Transparency Industry Initiative, which focuses on\ntransparency in the extractive industry, have led to the freezing of any\nactivity for at least five months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nisma p\u00ebr transparenc\u00eb n\u00eb industrin\u00eb nxjerr\u00ebse po mb\u00ebshtetet prej disa\nvitesh me nj\u00eb projekt t\u00eb Bank\u00ebs Bot\u00ebrore q\u00eb nisi me nj\u00eb grant 400 mij\u00eb dollar\u00eb\ndhe q\u00eb m\u00eb pas vijoji edhe me nj\u00eb t\u00eb dyt\u00eb prej 600 mij\u00eb dollar\u00ebsh dhe shtyrjen e\nafatit t\u00eb mbylljes n\u00eb prill 2020. Por duket se problemet e burokracis\u00eb q\u00eb\nlidhen me em\u00ebrimin e nj\u00eb drejtori t\u00eb ri n\u00eb krye t\u00eb Sekretariatit t\u00eb Nism\u00ebs p\u00ebr\nTransparenc\u00eb n\u00eb Industrin\u00eb Nxjerr\u00ebse q\u00eb ka n\u00eb fokus transparenc\u00ebn n\u00eb industrin\u00eb\nnxjerr\u00ebse ka b\u00ebr\u00eb q\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb pakt\u00ebn pes\u00eb muaj t\u00eb ngrij\u00eb \u00e7do aktivitet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EU, Balkans Leaders to Reaffirm Ties Amid\nVirus Crisis – Nytimes.com <\/em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Union and Balkans leaders are set to hold talks Wednesday aimed at reassuring six countries in the volatile region that the EU remains their most important partner, particularly as the coronavirus ravages world economies. Amid delays over the start of EU membership talks for Albania and North Macedonia, lingering tensions between Serbia and its former territory of Kosovo, and a perception that the EU was slow to help its Balkans partners cope with the virus, concern has mounted that Russia and China might take advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Udh\u00ebheq\u00ebsit e Bashkimit Evropian dhe Ballkanit do t\u00eb zhvillojn\u00eb\nbisedime t\u00eb M\u00ebrkur\u00ebn q\u00eb synojn\u00eb t\u00eb sigurojn\u00eb gjasht\u00eb vende n\u00eb rajonin e\npaq\u00ebndruesh\u00ebm se BE mbetet partneri i tyre m\u00eb i r\u00ebnd\u00ebsish\u00ebm, ve\u00e7an\u00ebrisht pasi\nkoronavirus shkat\u00ebrron ekonomit\u00eb bot\u00ebrore. Mes vonesave p\u00ebr fillimin e\nbisedimeve t\u00eb an\u00ebtar\u00ebsimit n\u00eb BE p\u00ebr Shqip\u00ebrin\u00eb dhe Maqedonin\u00eb e Veriut, duke\nzgjatur tensionet midis Serbis\u00eb dhe territorit t\u00eb saj t\u00eb m\u00ebparsh\u00ebm t\u00eb Kosov\u00ebs,\ndhe nj\u00eb perceptim q\u00eb BE ishte e ngadalt\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb ndihmuar partner\u00ebt e saj n\u00eb\nBallkan t\u00eb p\u00ebrballen me virusin, shqet\u00ebsimi ka rritur q\u00eb Rusia dhe Kina mund t\u00eb\np\u00ebrfitoj\u00eb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EU to Launch Investigation into Origin of\nCOVID-19 – Exit.al  <\/em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Union will launch an investigation separate from that of the United States and China, to find out where COVID-19 originated from and how it was spread. According to EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, member states are working on a draft resolution with a clear plan to be presented to the annual WHO Assembly on May 18th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bashkimi Evropian do t\u00eb filloj\u00eb nj\u00eb hetim t\u00eb ndar\u00eb nga ai i Shteteve t\u00eb\nBashkuara dhe Kin\u00ebs, p\u00ebr t\u00eb zbuluar se nga ka origjin\u00ebn COVID-19 dhe si \u00ebsht\u00eb\np\u00ebrhapur. Sipas Ministrit t\u00eb Jasht\u00ebm t\u00eb BE Josep Borrell, vendet an\u00ebtare po\npunojn\u00eb n\u00eb nj\u00eb projekt rezolut\u00eb me nj\u00eb plan t\u00eb qart\u00eb q\u00eb do t’i paraqitet\nAsambles\u00eb vjetore t\u00eb OBSH m\u00eb 18 maj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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